Body image represents a multidimensional concept including body image evaluation and perception of body appearance. Disturbances of body image perception are considered to be one of the central aspects of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. There is growing evidence that body image distortion can be associated with changes in pain perception. The aim of our study was to examine the associatio...

The angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) are a well known entity and have been used in therapeutics for various indications like hypertension, myocardial infarction and CHF. However, there is a renewed interest in these compounds in terms of their effects on pain perception in animals as well as in human beings. They have yielded contradictor...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine race and sex differences in cutaneous pain perception. METHODS Pain perception was measured using a suprathreshold evaluation of pain intensity and pain unpleasantness to a series of thermal stimuli in 27 whites (14 men and 13 women) and 24 African Americans (12 men and 12 women). Blood pressure, depressive symptoms, anxiety state levels, a...

Objectives: Chronic pain is a common complication after thoracic surgery. The most important factor appears to be intercostal nerve damage. The purpose of this prospective study was to objectively evaluate intercostal nerve damage associated with post-thoracotomy pain after three surgical procedures using current perception threshold testing. Methods: The 32 patients were classified into three ...

OBJECTIVE Chronic pain is a common complication after thoracic surgery. The most important factor appears to be intercostal nerve damage. The purpose of this prospective study was to objectively evaluate intercostal nerve damage associated with post-thoracotomy pain after three surgical procedures using current perception threshold testing. METHODS The 32 patients were classified into three g...

background knee osteoarthritis (oa) is a common joint disease and several different physiotherapy protocols have been recommended to provide pain relief and improve disability in patients with knee oa. objectives in order to find the effectiveness of local vibration application on knee oa complications, a randomized controlled clinical trial was designed to assess the changes in muscle torque, ...

Objective: Phantom limb pain (PLP) as neuropathic pain affects the life of amputees. It is believed an efficient PLP treatment should consider the underlying neurological mechanisms. Hereby, we investigated brain activity in PLP’s and relations to the psychological and cognitive dimension of chronic pain. We investigate differences in resting brain activities between amputees with and without p...

Perception is not a simple reflection of sensory information but varies within and between individuals. This applies particularly to the perception of pain, which, in the brain, is associated with neuronal responses at different frequencies. Here, we show how these different neuronal responses subserve interindividual and intraindividual variations in the perception of identical painful stimuli...

Our understanding of the neural correlates of pain perception in humans has increased significantly since the advent of neuroimaging. Relating neural activity changes to the varied pain experiences has led to an increased awareness of how factors (e.g., cognition, emotion, context, injury) can separately influence pain perception. Tying this body of knowledge in humans to work in animal models ...